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Houston rapper and producer BeatKing made his name in the ’10s with catchy club anthems and songs written in response to viral videos.
• As the son of a church pianist, BeatKing was exposed to music at an early age. He picked up the drums as a child.
• He made his debut in 2010 with the album Kings of the Club, featuring hits like “Crush” and “Hammer,” both of which made the lower reaches of Billboard’s hip-hop charts.
• In the early ’10s, Beatking began releasing songs penned in response to viral videos. For example, a clip showing a bus driver uppercutting a woman yielded “Bus Driver Freestyle.”
• The rapper developed a simple methodology: “Wait for stupid s**t to happen, and then freestyle about it.”
• BeatKing’s 2020 single “Then Leave” reached the Top 20 of Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and went viral on TikTok, soundtracking more than 1.4 million videos.
Hometown
Houston, TX, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
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